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Of the 199 dog-attack fatalities in the USA between 1979 and 1996, dogs identified as
pit bulls were responsible for 60 attacks
- just under a third. The next most-dangerous group was
Rottweilers, responsible for 29 attacks (statistics from the CDC). These statistics are tainted by the fact that the breed recorded as responsible for the attack is obtained from the report of the person attacked, and many people incorrectly identify other kinds of dogs (such as
boxers) as
pit bulls.
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